Historic Liverpool, eager for the return of Luis Díaz

Liverpool continues in its bad moment in this campaign. He fell thrashed 2-5 against Real Madrid in the round of 16 of the Champions League and in the Premier march in seventh place in the table after the draw against Crystal Palace at the weekend. Injuries have been the constant this season: Luis Díaz, Roberto Firmino and Diogo Jota, the most affected so far.

After the bad results, John Barnes multiple champion with the team spoke about the absence of these players and showed that they have been casualties that affect the level on the field for the Reds. To date, Díaz has missed 26 games, including the friendlies the team played in December during the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

“He has been fantastic for Liverpool and it was very unfortunate that he was injured. But Firmino and Jota have also been injured, so Liverpool have been affected not only by their injury but by many injuries.”indicated the ex-forward who defended the Reds jersey for 10 years between 1987 and 1997.

Díaz and his return to the courts

The winger appeared on the club’s networks in recent days and was excited to play for Liverpool again. However, he is cautious and knows that he must wait a few more weeks to fully recover from his knee injury. The last time he was on the pitch was against Arsenal on October 9 of last year.

“The idea is to return to help the team and all my teammates. So I want to come back and have a good second part of the season.” Lucho expressed that he is advancing his recovery with the specialist in sports recovery Mario Simoes. The English will visit Real Madrid on March 15. Before that meeting they will face Crystal Palace, Wolves, Manchester United and Bournemouth for the Premier League.

Over the weekend he was also watching his teammates’ match against Crystal Palace, while watching Junior from Barranquilla win for the first time in the League, against La Equidad.